§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if his Department's estimates of the total costs of resolving the millennium compliance problem include costs relating to the embedded chip problem; and if he will make a statement. [21567]
§ Angela Eagle[holding answer 18 December 1997]: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 4 November 1997, Official Report, column 150 and to the answer I gave my hon. Friend the Member for Sunderland, North (Mr. Etherington) on 18 December 1997, Official Report, column 272. The cost provided included all costs known to date, including those relating to the embedded chip problem.
§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what millennium compliance problems have occurred to date in his(a) Department, (b) agencies and (c) other public bodies; and if he will make a statement [21566]
§ Angela Eagle[holding answer 18 December 1997]: The Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions has not experienced any millennium compliance problems to date. However the Department is continuing to monitor the position and put in place procedures to deal with any problems that might occur. One Executive Agency reported identifying a potential problem with an expiry date but this has been solved with a pre-emptive "fix". Information is not maintained centrally on other public bodies.